FIRE AT PENROSE
GO VER X M ENT JOIN ER Y FACTORY CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE DONE I Pei Press Association.] AUCKLAND, Feb. 9. Considerable damage was caused by a fire at the Government Housing Department's joinery factory at Penrose to-night, when the inside of two small buildings were completely gutted. Prompt action bv the sole employee on duty at. the time, and firemen from three suburban station* prevented the outbreak from penetrating the main joincrv shop. Since the erection of the factory a few years ago ’here have been several similar outbreaks, the last being ai Christmas.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 34, 10 February 1939, Page 8
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96FIRE AT PENROSE Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 34, 10 February 1939, Page 8
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